Encouraging kids to develop virtues with a little help from the Community of Saints

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

March 4: Saint Casimir

Saint Casmir(Note his three hands-According to legend, thepainter attempted to redrawthe right hand,but his originalversion kept reappearing.)

History

Casmir was a prince of Poland, and he sometimes struggled with shaving to choose between his father the King and his heavenly Father, the King of Kings. Once, his dad sent him with an army to take over the throne of Hungary. Casmir knew in his heart this was wrong, but he didn’t want to disobey his dad. When his soldiers began to desert on the way to Hungary, Casmir turned around and went home. His dad sent him away to a castle in a remote city to punish him, but Casmir only grew stronger in his desire to please God, even if it meant refusing to do what his dad asked him to do.